On 25 March 2023, under the new budget announcement, the Government of Rajasthan released a notification stating that the financial aid provided to couples entering into inter-caste marriages be doubled under the existing state scheme ‘Savitaben Ambedkar Antarjatiya Vivah Protsahan Yojana’, from Rs 5 lacs to Rs 10 lacs. The scheme was first put into place in 2006 to encourage inter-caste marriages between Scheduled Castes (SCs) and other non-Scheduled Caste groups among Hindus, with the objective of providing institutional support, doing away with the practice of untouchability and promoting harmony among social groups.